EDMONTON | Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne expressed confidence this week that ongoing fee talks with the Alberta Medical Association could soon reach a conclusion.
The Alberta Pharmacists’ Association and grassroots Alberta pharmacists are questioning why the Alberta government has invested in a province-wide radio and print ad campaign to tell Albertans that “Lower prescription costs are good medicine for you, your family and for Alberta.”
At issue is legislation — passed but not yet in force — that would change the bargaining association for the province’s licensed practical nurses, who last year joined the B.C. Nurses’ Union.
TORONTO | The Ontario Brain Institute is partnering with Ontario Centres of Excellence to expand North America's first funding program for neuroscience entrepreneurs.
As the province’s registered nurses get set for labour negotiations, Alberta Health Services is warning major workforce changes are on the horizon, including a reduction in part-time positions.
Nine nurses working in the Montreal General Hospital’s 12th-floor trauma and orthopedics ward have been laid off under a sweeping plan to slash $50 million in spending at the McGill University Health Centre.
